CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA IN ELDERLY PATIENT WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT
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Published:2021-06-24
Issue:2
Volume:54
Page:198-200
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ISSN:2227-9199
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Container-title:Pakistan Heart Journal
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language:
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Short-container-title:Pak Heart J
Author:
Vo Quan,Vu Hong,Dinh Thanh
Abstract
Coronary artery fistulas are congenital or acquired abnormality connections between coronary arteries and other structures. Most patients with coronary fistulas are asymptomatic. An 80-year-old man complained of exercise-induced chest pain. A coronary angiogram on PCI and CTA confirmed stenosis on LAD and a large fistula between the coronary artery and the anterior side of the main pulmonary artery. A transcatheter procedure was successfully conducted. In patients with symptomatic fistula or cases with a complication, cardiac intervention is recommended as the primary treatment. Percutaneous catheterization is the preferred treatment.
Publisher
Pakistan Cardiac Society
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine